install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install ov

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install ov

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/ov/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install ov

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · ov · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ov

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ov/ov/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/ov

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/ov.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id noborus.ov -e

Windows Package Manager source index · noborus.ov · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Feature-rich terminal-based text viewer

Project links

Commands and aliases

ov

history

Project history and usage

ov is a cross-platform terminal pager and text viewer aimed at files, logs, delimited data, and command output. It combines familiar pager behavior with an interactive terminal interface and structured viewing features.

Project history

Noboru Saito created ov as a feature-rich terminal pager and text viewer. It is implemented in Go and developed in the `noborus/ov` repository, with a dedicated documentation site maintained alongside the project.

Adoption history

The official installation documentation covers Homebrew, MacPorts, Windows Package Manager, FreeBSD pkg, Arch Linux, Nix, RPM and Debian packages, Scoop, downloadable binaries, and Go installation, giving ov unusually broad package-manager coverage for a terminal pager.

How it is used

Users open files directly with `ov`, pipe text into it, or use its execution and follow modes for command output and logs. Configuration can define styles, key bindings, view modes, headers, column handling, and other presentation behavior.

Why package nerds care

ov is notable to terminal-tool users as a modern pager that retains the simple `pager file` workflow while adding structured column views, follow modes, multiple documents, configurable key bindings, search, headers, and terminal UI features.

Timeline

2022: Early public releases established ov as a Go-based terminal pager.
2026: The active release series continued to expand configuration, key-binding, sidebar, and viewing features.

Related projects

less: The conventional terminal pager whose interaction model ov can emulate through a generated `less` configuration.
tail: A traditional tool for following growing log files; ov incorporates interactive follow modes into its pager interface.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ov/config.yaml~/.config/ov/config.yaml~/.ov.yaml
Windows: %USERPROFILE%/.config/ov/config.yaml%USERPROFILE%/.ov.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`ov`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version0.54.0

manager updated2026-09-11

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.54.0

https://github.com/noborus/ov

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ov
Version	0.54.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ov
Homepage	https://noborus.github.io/ov/
Repository	https://github.com/noborus/ov
Upstream docs	https://noborus.github.io/ov/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/noborus/ov/archive/refs/tags/v0.54.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-11T17:38:45Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ov
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

ov

nix profile install nixpkgs#ov

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ov

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ov/ov/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

dnf95%

ov 0.54.0-2.fc45

Feature-rich terminal-based text viewer

https://github.com/noborus/ov

sudo dnf install ov

License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND MPL-2.0
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: ov
3 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Ov

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ov from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

ov

sudo port install ov

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ov

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ov/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/ov

scoop install main/ov

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ov

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ov.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

noborus.ov

winget install --id noborus.ov -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ov

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: noborus.ov from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ov.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install ov with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget